Eli5: Why hasn’t the U.S constitution been amended since 1992?
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It’s extremely difficult to amend. Too difficult according to this Supreme Court Justice:
> fewer than 2 percent of the population could prevent enactment of a constitutional amendment. “It ought to be hard, but not that hard,”
Who said that? Some ultra liberal? Nope.
None other than the modern conservative godfather of the US Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia:
https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/how_scalia_and_ginsburg_would_amend_the_constitution
It’s extremely difficult to amend. Too difficult according to this Supreme Court Justice:
> fewer than 2 percent of the population could prevent enactment of a constitutional amendment. “It ought to be hard, but not that hard,”
Who said that? Some ultra liberal? Nope.
None other than the modern conservative godfather of the US Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia:
https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/how_scalia_and_ginsburg_would_amend_the_constitution
Outsider view: Because it is increasingly being treated like religious text rather than a working doctrine. You don’t rewrite the bible. Except when you do, the dozens of times that has happened.
Outsider view: Because it is increasingly being treated like religious text rather than a working doctrine. You don’t rewrite the bible. Except when you do, the dozens of times that has happened.
Outsider view: Because it is increasingly being treated like religious text rather than a working doctrine. You don’t rewrite the bible. Except when you do, the dozens of times that has happened.
ammending the constituition is intentionally made difficult in order to discourage adding too much into it the would make laws based on it hard ot follow. By keeping it simple and clear it makes the work of integrating other legislation based on it more seamless.
ammending the constituition is intentionally made difficult in order to discourage adding too much into it the would make laws based on it hard ot follow. By keeping it simple and clear it makes the work of integrating other legislation based on it more seamless.
ammending the constituition is intentionally made difficult in order to discourage adding too much into it the would make laws based on it hard ot follow. By keeping it simple and clear it makes the work of integrating other legislation based on it more seamless.
Imagine trying to get 3/4 of your friends to agree on where to go for dinner, and realize amending the Constitution is at least that difficult.
Imagine trying to get 3/4 of your friends to agree on where to go for dinner, and realize amending the Constitution is at least that difficult.
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